The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 3, 1937, Page 4

REPOSCke Letey RF SESS ABBR eSSANns@ SAH PRROLTRY FU aam ¥eesers Asrurarecesss 4 1 The Bismarck Tribune THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) State, City and County Official Newspaper Published daily except Sunday by The Bismarck Tribune Company, Bis- ‘marck, N. D., and entered at the postoffice at Bismarck as second class mail “matter. Mrs. Stella I. Mann President and Treasurer Kenneth W. Simons Secretary and Editor A “Archie O. Johnson ‘Vice Pres. and Gen'l. Manager Subscription Rates Payable in Advance by carrier, per year ......-.- by mail per year (in Bismarck) by mail per year (in state outside of Bism by mail outside of North Dakota .. ‘Weekly by mail in state, per year .. Weekly by mail in Canada, per year Weekly by. mail outside of North Dakota, Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republica- tion of the news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this newspaper and also the local news of spontaneous origin 4 herein. All rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. Farm Security Replacement of the Resettlement Administration by Sec- retary Wallace’s Farm Security Administration was no surprise to those who watched the operations of the now-abandoned agency. It was an inevitable result of the manner in which Re- settlement was organized and the mess into which it got itself. For the simple truth is that Resettlement, regardless of the alibis which may be offered for it—and many of them are legitimate—has signally failed to meet the situation which it was created to solve. Grant that it has been called upon to serve in a situation which was not envisioned at the time it was organized, the fact remains that it showed neither a sense of direction nor ability to do the work which it undertook. The inevitable result was that it got “in bad” with the very people whom it was supposed to serve. This newspaper knows nothing about the situation elsewhere in the country but in this region it won neither the admiration nor the affec- tion of the farmers to whom it distributed millions of dollars. This fact, as much as anything else, probably accounts for the change, It had become necessary to shake up Resettlement and it was easier to do it under a new name than by outright confession of failure and the attendant hard feelings which would follow the dismissal of persons in high places which obviously is necessary. In this region the affairs of Resettlement were turned over to men who had long been known as friends of the farmers. In‘fact, some of them were accused of being PROFESSIONAL friends of agriculture. Great things were expected of them and they talked a fine program but, somehow, they never quite seemed to get going. No sooner did they embark on one pro- gram than it was abandoned for another or, at least, its direc- tion was changed in astounding ways. There was no decision, no grasp of the problems to be met and, worst of all, no real business leadership. In North Dakota Resettlement suffered particularly by contrast with the WPA, to which was assigned the task of caring . for the urban relief population. Under strong leadership WPA has gone along smoothly. It has had some troubles but they have been met fairly and intelligently. Under WPA performance has been much better than promise whereas the reverse was true of Resettlement. Thus city folks have had a better break than country peo- ple and, in a state as strongly rural as this one, the contrast was bound to react to the disadvantage of Resettlement. Secretary Wallace doubtless found these things out upon » his recent trip west. The abandonment of the old and creation of the new agency seems to be his answer. It is an intelligent _ one. What will be salvaged from the Resettlement set-up remains to be:seen. There is much of good in it that should be saved. The experience which Resettlement has had should be noted and the lessons which its operation taught should be well learned. The rank and file of Resettlement employes have, on the whole, done a good job. But new blood at the top will certainly result in improve- ment. In those posts they should have men who will deal with the facts as they appear to be after honest and careful exam- ination; who will be careful about making promises and who will keep their word once a promise is given; who will introduce business practices as well as a regard for the plight of the people into a situation which needs all of these things very _ badly. This for no other reason than because Resettlement has had so few of these needed qualities, Simon Pure Victory? N Victory by the Collegiate crew over the Green Bay Packers in the traditional football classic brings joy to the hearts of ~those backing the simon pures. That is, of course, if anyone in America is so quaint as to believe the lads from the halls of learning are, in fact, amateurs. Every high school lad, of course, knows better. The husky _ young American who goes out for high school football realizes when he does so that an extraordinary showing on his part will _ insure him a college education. The lad who can open great holes in an opposing line or score those touchdowns always makes friends who are as anxious for him to attend college as he is to get an education. ‘In fact, one hears the blase stars of the prep ranks seriously considering offers from this and that school. ~ ‘This is important, of course, for only one reason and that is the effect it has on the program of athletics for those not up to the standards of varsity competition. It reduces the great mass of collegians to the role of spectators, starts them at a tender age on the American habit of WATCHING games rather than taking part in them. After all, it is the bookworm and the lad who is undersized needs the benefits a sound athletic or underweight who most Program can provide. Repair Shops and Undertakers America has 197,568 gasoline filling stations and 10,667 automobile repair shops, according to a census taken by the National Highway Users’ Conference. It isn’t true, of course, that the average automobile makes repair shop for every 20 stops at the filling sta- tion but when they do halt at the former they usually stay ‘one stop at the Operators of repair shops are as good citizens as anyone else and no one wishes them ill, but it might be better for the entire nation if both they and the undertakers did a little less _ business because of the failure of the American people to use their highways intelligently. Behind Scenes Washington ee) Editor's Note: While Rodney Dutoher is on vacation three Pro- and three anti-administra- tion leaders of congress discuss = future of America’s political opens the argument with a vig- orous defense of the New Deal, and predictions of its future achievements. i By SENATOR ALBEN W. BARKLEY Written exclusively for The Tribune and NEA Service, Inc. Where do we go from here? There can be only one answer to this question. The Democratic party which still, I am sure, retains the confidence of the American elector- ate, will move steadily forward to- wards the progressive realisation of its pledges to the American people. Enemies of the Democratic party who have persistently opposed the realisation of its popular m are making much of the alleged failure of the last session of the congress to advance the New Deal legislative Program. That is a very su The first task President Roosevelt and the Demo- cratic party at the beginning of the session was to ob- tain the co-oper- ation of the judi- cial branch of the government in a liberal construc- tion of the Con- stitution, That was an essential first step before any iperficial view. that confronted | That first step was attempted, and when the shouting and tumult dies away it becomes evident that there was no failure. The president did obtain a more liberal interpretation of the Constitution, The supreme court did take note of the national will. During the past session the su- preme court gave a new deal to the due process clause, to the commerce clause and to the general welfare clause, Nearly all of the spurious con- stitutional obstructions to the New Deal program have been removed. It these obstructions had not been removed there is not the slightest doubt that the Democratic party would have taken the f° islative steps to remove them. If further obstructions appear in the next or succeeding sessions of the court ,there is little question that the country, with all its new understand- ing of ‘the realities of the judicial ‘process, will not lightly condone ju- dicial usurpation of the legislative function. Program it is not accurate to say that this session of the congress has been & failure. The housing legislation and the tax-loophole legislation have been passed. Furthermore, the congress has the rest of the program in well- advanced stages and would have been able to pass it at this session except for the abnormal absorption of time re attention by the supreme court e. ‘As for the rest of the New Deal|¢ What Kind of a Jinni Would Come Forth? { PRESIDENTIAL ADVISERS 'To reflective men not the least dis- turbing of Mr. Roosevelt’s personal traits is his steady predilection toward the “Smart Alec” type of friend and adviser. From the inception of the first New Deal this tendency of the President's has been marked, com- mented upon and widely deplored. It has enabled quite e number of the cheaper grade of flashy young intel- lectuals to cash in on their White House intimacy and emerging from Obscurity, acquire an influence wholly disproportionate to their caliber and character. In one way or another they have been eble to push outside the White House circle the more sober-minded of the President's friends until today there are extremely few left and the sd-called “advanced thinkers” have things pretty much in their hands with no real competition for the posi- tion of Presidential counselors. Large- ek * Curb Party Split The wages and hours bill has been passed by the Senate and has been delayed in the house only through a usurpation of authority that is gen- erally deplored and cannot possibly be persisted in when the congress re- convenes. The reorganization plan has been reported out of committee both houses, farm program and the regional development pro- gram have undergone discussion that will vastly simplify next session’s work by the committees to which they have been referred. But over and above these specific measures the Democratic party has succeeded in the even broader task of beating off attempts to divide the party against itself by those who ly through the policies which they have induced Mr. Roosevelt to apon- sor and the direction they have in- sisted he take a succession of his bet- ter-balanced friends have been alien- ated. Some of these have broken with him personally, others only differ with him on matters of policy; but all are fairly well convinced that he has now definitely thrown in his lot with the extreme Left Wing element and is committed to the effort to drive those who differ with him out of politics, ‘That is the program mapped out for him by the present White House The Great Game of POLITICS Copyright 193%, by The Baltimore Sun strategists. It means that he intends to make himself and the “Second New Deal” an issue in the 1938 campaign and again in the 1940 campeign. It means @ fight to the finish for con- trol of the Democratic party between the conservatives who feel that the time has come to take stock and tight- en up the ship of state before she sinks and the radical elements eager for a continuation of warfare against wealth and in support of further ex- perimentation along social lines. Frustrated at the last session by the failure of the most ambitious pro- posals that ever came from the White House and nursing considerable anger against the men who blocked his path, there is no doubt that the gentlemen, such as Mr. Guffey, for example, curately reflect the present feeling and purpose of the President. He is preparing to “go to the people.” In this situation it is interesting to note that there is around Mr. Roose- velt today hardly a single one of the better class of men with whom he started his Presidential term. One by one they have been estranged because of inability to follow the President in the direction his more redical advisers took him. ‘There is, for example, Dr. Raymond Moley, the first and cer- tainly one of the best of his intimate advisers, There are also Hugh John= son, George Peek, Lewis W. Douglas, Vice President Garner and a good many others. In the circle by which he is now surrounded there seems exactly one clear-headed, experienced man of effairs with his feet on the old powers and their old e8, HORIZONTAL Answer to Previous Puzzle 10 To quote. : Any with 11 Nights bef forluee of the ‘Democratic perty in| ‘at ct “Ot SACL SUICIDAL | 12 To siumiber. both the senate and the house has to pictured here. JG/AIRMMRIE IFT INIEIREMOIAIR! 15 Footless expect that kind of attack. It is al- 6lts ise ONEISMMGIAIBIIDIEDIONIE! animal.” ways subject to an attempt to turn alas WIAINIE|SMENIE| TMM TIOIPIEG] 20 Infected with ee cities cae sr farms and the AICIHIEISMMEIBIOINMEF IAI leprosy. farms aga! cities, the north IRMA TIE IO MEGRERIE MEDIAIL] 21 Auto guard against the south and the south IGIAITIE| _ parts, against the north. No one can better lal 23 Doffs, understand these attempts than a HICMETI 24 To depart. man from Kentucky where the farm c Mi 26 Footlike part. new west A { A meet. ** * . TAIGIOROULDAH 28 Fish. o Bp tsIey rain. — FSAIGIO! ESTE IELUIN 29 Legal rule. But the Democratic party of toaay| 17 Fowl disease. “ee ee pened has had too much experience with saa val VERTICAL of these attempts of its enemies to divide| !9 Pendent een Wee. seh and rule, to fall victim to them. It ornament. D htt 36 Certain. has learned from a half century of| 21 Wodds. 46 Its most 2 the 37 Incrustation experience that no sectional party| 22 Upbraided. prized variety. _ manner of. over a sore. can demand the confidence of the| 25Thin metal 47 Ancient. 3 . 38 Bulrush. American people. Under the leader- plate. 49 Assessment 4 Dregs. 39 Melody. ship of President Roosevelt, there-] 26 Bucket. amount. STo come in. 40 Scheme. fore, it has insisted upon the para-| 30Silkworm. $0 Assumed Race track 42 Festival. mount importance of the general] 31 Appendixes. name. | circuit, 43 On top of. ae a iciisse ay Son felish. seven: 2 evoke. 44 Pomace of mocratic party simmer. fun away. 8 High grapes. politically and economically the wel- 35 Dust cloths. 53 Legume plant. mountain. 45 Sleigh, ciiy snd" county, ace imenewony| Sizer bene. S4Viages, = ‘© foFemele deer bound together, are inter-dependent,| ‘This tree is _ 65 Imitated. 2 ‘ éach upon all. And its supporters and leaders are beth aware that todsy the Democratic party expresses the tial unity everywhere of the People, willing to live and to let live, as they use government to fight off the exploiters who would destroy the humane and honorable kind of ® world in which all honest and tol- erant people want to live. The advance of the New Deal has not been halted. There may be some who have not the courage of their faith. But ‘honest difference of opinion as to the most effective ways and means of accomplishing New Deal objectives must not be mis- taken fot opposition te New Deal ob- Jectives. The onward march of New Deal democracy will not be stopped by those whose of split and fail- 2 65 kK A Nebraska Demberat whe vigorously opposed the administration court plan, warns of the danger ef a por- manent split in the Democratic party in the second article of six on Ameri- | as } By FRANK R. KENT ground—to wit, Joseph P. Kennedy, of the Shipping Board. The rest are of the accordion-playing, Corcoran type in whose companionship the President personally takes pleasure and whose brilliant schemes for reshaping the country he finds irresistibly attrac- When the statement is made ‘economists it would seem that com- ment was unnecessary. Exactly what Mr. Kennedy is doing in this group, why he stays and how Jong he will stand it are questions & Uttle difficult to answer. though it may be to have the confi- dence of a President, it must rasp & man of his disposition to find himself apparently committed to policies Brady will answer qi Sisgnoe is. Write lett of The all qi dressed envelope, tank. reader who brought (of course), elicited letter repul . The i this . Brady's It might prove fatal if one were to in- fons pertaining to health but not éis bristly and invink, Addr jon. must be accompanied b; tienes. this to the attention of his physician, notions. Oxygen can came eager from a physician who, tion for his success in the t physician says: bicarbonate, soda, seleratus, as an antacid because it does not disturb the acid- base balance in blood and tissues so much as does soda. Ten grains of cal- carl te in powder or tablet form, will meutralize excessive acidity (whether from ulcer or other cause) for a few hours. Several doses & day may be taken if necessary, carry chalk is-in tablets containing 5 gra! ins each. (Copyright 1937, John F. Dille Co.) which his common sense rejects and Out-welghted as an adviser by men for whose judgment he cannot have respect. It is this group of advisers which insists upon the: “driving out” strategy. AS soon as a man exercises his right openly to dissent from a Roosevelt policy, regardieas of how lotig or strong his record for loyalty and devotion, he is put ae dog consigned Mr. Garner, despite the fact that he still professes personal | dependent. ceived a wital issue, he has become a villain. No better gauge of the quality of the dominant New Deal group could be wanted than the ture of their denunciation of this man. affection for the President and dis- courages the idea of a party fight. To the President's intimates he is a trait- or and a “Tory.” The Democratic senators, once high in White House without tharm. Convenient form to state and that it was vitel for Tun in order to insure the President's carrying Wew York. When Mr. Roose- peraonal reluctance deep committed himself to another term as Governor. The New Dealers praised him to the skies. He was, they said, 2 great man, indeed. But, now because he dared exercise the right to an in- judgment on what he con- d na- —__—_________-+ | SOTHEYSAY | born equal. ahead in any society —August Heck- Subsgrvient aide to Mr. B. M. Baruch, who, though a frequent and friendly fluence. The most violent denunciation, however, is reserved for Governor Lehman of New York, whose letter to sketched Eermrcutor, Frank Donahue. ee Men are born free but they are not The strong will forge Te is a very good likeness. I will reduce sentence to nine months— Judge Michael Mackinley of Chicago after Glover Sudor, Negro defendant, There i one country—ours—where the only concern is for the greatest happiness for the greatest number. —Past President Frank H. Hering of Fraternal ner ce — History will look upon the firet ses- sion of the 75th congréss as one of great importance — not because of what it did but because of what it did not do.— Senator William E. Borah, Washington. NARD JONE BY CHAPTER V been a more accurate But meanwhile they did cruise to the utmost. after the passing of the bi [Kay announcéd that they Wit it just ign, according t0 a Pike. 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